Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

हंसः शुचिषदिति मंत्रेणानेन पूजयेत् । अपत्येतेति मन्त्रेण सूर्यं देवि प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

haṃsaḥ śuciṣaditi maṃtreṇānena pūjayet | apatyeteti mantreṇa sūryaṃ devi prapūjayet

Translation

‘ہنسः شُچِسَد…’ سے شروع ہونے والے منتر کے ساتھ پوجا کرے۔ اور ‘اپتیَتے…’ سے شروع منتر کے ساتھ، اے دیوی، سورج دیو کی خاص تعظیم کے ساتھ پرپوجا کرے۔

Word by Word

• हंसः: “haṃsaḥ” (swan; mantra word)
• हंसः: Sambandha (Cited word/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (cited word)

• शुचिषद्: “śuciṣat” (dwelling in purity; mantra word)
• शुचिषद्: Sambandha (Cited epithet/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुचिषद् (प्रातिपदिक; उपाधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; मन्त्रपद (cited epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

• अपत्येत्: “apatyet” (mantra word)
• अपत्येत्: Sambandha (Cited word/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपत्य (प्रातिपदिक/मन्त्रपद)
• Form: मन्त्रपद (cited word); रूपं पाठानुसार (as quoted)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसमाप्तिसूचक

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सूर्यम्: the Sun
• सूर्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• देवि: O देवी
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship well/especially
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पूज् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त; उपसर्ग प्र-

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya instructional tone)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī addressed as “devī”

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in Prabhāsa, the devotee faces the rising sun, offering arghya from a copper vessel while reciting Vedic mantras; Sūrya’s disk is depicted with rays and attendant deities, while the sea/river glints behind.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure, mantra-guided worship refines devotion and makes one’s offering to Sūrya spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), praised in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya section of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Sūrya using specific Vedic mantra-openings (“haṃsaḥ śuciṣat…”, “apatyete…”).